GroWell Cap Review: I Have Hair for the First Time in 15 Years
Key takeaways
- It didn't feel like an especially momentous decision at the time.
- When you don't have hair on your head, everyone assumes you're bald.
- Well, now I have hair again, thanks to eight weeks of using an LED cap made by GroWell.
Why this matters: a development in AI with implications for how people work, create, and decide.
Courtesy of Gro Well Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Comment Loader Save Story Save this story From reviewing archival footage—scrolling back 63,979 or so photos on my i Phone camera roll—it appears I shaved my head for the first time sometime in the spring of 2011. I was 30 years old, and it seemed like a logical choice given the slow thinning of my always-thin hair and the pleasantly round shape of my head, the one physical trait I consistently receive compliments on from complete strangers.
It didn't feel like an especially momentous decision at the time. Looking back after 15 years of smooth-headedness, though, shaving my hair off that first time feels like a significant milestone that I galloped past without taking appropriate notice.
When you don't have hair on your head, everyone assumes you're bald. I've always been quick to correct them that I, in fact, have hair—and it's not even receding. It was, however, very thin and getting thinner. Since I was the kid whom nature denied a Vanilla Ice haircut a few short years after my mother denied me Hammer pants, my hair has always been fine and wispy. Once age thinned it enough, I just buzzed it, then kept buzzing a couple times a week for so long that no one remembered me having it.